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Dred Scott was a slave from Missouri that lived in Illinois. He filed a lawsuit for his freedom because he was in a free state. The Supreme Court said he was not a free man and that slaves were not citizens. -
No slavery or involuntary servitude was allowed. -
Citizenship and equal rights to all born in the US, including black people. -
Gave all men the right to vote. -
Voting in southern states that suppressed black voters. -
Ferguson said his rights were not being upheld since he couldn't ride in the same train car as white men. The Supreme Court ruled against Ferguson because "separate but equal" was legal. -
Women were permitted to vote. -
Amendment proposed to give equal rights to women. -
Supreme Court case that ruled that "separate but equal" was inherently unequal. -
Policy-making to include underrepresented groups. -
Fees that needed to be paid in order to vote. -
Banned poll taxes. -
Made discrimination illegal on the basis of sex, race, religion, etc. -
Made discriminatory voting practices illegal. -
Idaho said men must be preferred when appointing administrators for estates. The Supreme Court ruled that this was unconstitutional. -
Bakke was not admitted to the University of California Medical School twice. He said it was because of race. The Supreme Court ruled that racial quotas were unconstitutional. -
Georgia police saw gay men having sex in their home. They were charged. It went to the Supreme Court and it was ruled an invasion of privacy. -
Discrimination based on disability was made illegal. -
Allows Americans to register to vote when they get their driver's license. -
Gay men were caught engaging in consensual sex and were arrested. The Supreme Court said the Texas law banning that behavior was unconstitutional. -
The Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal.